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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-12
Teachers ion.

The regular public examination will b;
held at the city High school. Saturday,
April seth, 1887, commencing at S:45 q. M
Strangers must present satisfactory teeti-
moniaIs before license will be issued.
EXAMINING BOARD.
Office DAYS Satur lay and Monday
di243tw4 st D. S. PENCE, Co. Supt
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st. Louis Grain and Provisions.

Fiour-Quiet and unchanged.
Wneat-Sironser No. red cash. 793lG1S May,
s4s9 closing at SIS June '9@ closing at 9sl.
July 1s4@1sis
Corn--declined y; No. cash ssh; April S47z: May,
s5Gl351a clio ing at s.: July 3i3sd3.s4.
uats-Easier and dull Cash IS; May, 215s; June "a
Rye-Dull. with 50 bid.
iaad-Ill anu lower TIA 10f0r refined.
Butter-AbOut quiet: creamery a+g9o; dairy, 20G2S.
ESgs-LOwer ct ~.
Pork-Oll mess SIS %; new SIS 90.
Iard-S125
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To Farmers.

We want to enlarge our farm list come e
our office and list your farms with us we are
having enquiries every day for farms and
unimproved lands.
Brown, RICHEY & TROUPE.
Room $, No. 253 North Main
W3-St-il2I3e
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Kansas Guy Live stock.

kASHAS CITY, April Il.
Cattle. - Receipts. $40. shipments none; steady
good 10 choice 81 slsoi 60 common TO medium. 81 50
al 40; stockers, 81 60sS 80 feeding steers, % a4
90. cows coElmon 10 choice. e. 6oQz3 81.
Hogs.-Receipts, 3SU9, shipments, none; cent?
higher: good to choice S. 5oeB5 ~ common TO
mediuln 4 soas5 ~; skips aid pigs 81 sse14 ~.
SheeU.-RecepIs, 66s; shipments. us; steady
zood choice, s. 5ass 90; coInnIon 10 medium s. -
"a
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Strayed or Stolen.

A dark bay mare pony. small star in fore
head, IN good condition. will pay well any
one delivering her or information of where
abouts. A. RAY.
Wichita, Kan. April 9th l2+e.
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Ore acrs between 18th and 18th strset,
Sa5oe, on Mead Walker & Tiedlar. I2S u
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Four lots, corner, Lincoln St add, 81, zoe
i23-c WALkEH b FIELDkR
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

New York Money.
NEW YORK. April H.
Money call easy at sss Der cent; closed at l.
Prime mercantile paper JGS.
Sterling exchange dull but steady at a Ssx for 20
day bills and q 81 for demand
hp f0fa aIa ~ 70,
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Yike's Addition

First come first choice. Terms easy. Fol
sale bv TUCKER & JACKSON,
l2itf IA N Main g..
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In January last closed out the entire stock OF
parasOlS and six sun umbrellas or manufacturer
retiring from business paid spot cash for them and
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ALLOW :: US: TO: SELL THEM

tuse fifty the dollar OF lag. years
figures We know Il is little early for parasoLs
al the prices put on them expect 70 gel! them
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19

all the way from sixteen to sixty pounds,
have, it is told, been caught near
Rowlesburg. Bass have been killed of
such enormous size that, computing
their strength on the basis of that of
one-pound fish, must have required
several men and MANILA rope to land.
Salmon, whose relative size to those caught
nowadays would give them the head and
teeth of a fair-sized shark, were plenti-
full. But the man who lands a three or
four FOUNDER now is doing remarkably
well. He is even satisfied with a string
that will average pound apiece. Often
very large ones are killed by "gigging"
along shore after dark by the aid of
bright light, and there are many big ones
down the river. But the country is very
wild below Rowlesburg; there are no
farm-houses where accommodations can
be had for the night, and it is not safe to
camp out on account of the copperheads
and the panthers. Cheat river would be
more literally patronized, but it is nearly
300 miles from Baltimore on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, and a clear day
for good fishing is not certain to come
along just in time to suit sportsman.
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how dynamite cartridge was operated,
and this is what he did: He lighted one
and dropped it into the river. There was
heavy explosion and a general disturb
ance of the waters, and hundreds of fish
were lying dead on the rocks at the bottom
of the river. 1t is estimated that one
cartridge in a second will do the work
of rod and line for a season. The ex-
ample was followed by others, until the
thing became so notorious that the grand
jury took hold of it. The result was a
number of long journeys to the county
seat and lots of heavy fines. Among
those who were called up by the law was
an ex-United States senator. He could
easily afford to pay the fine, but the
journey to court will deter him from
fishing with dynamite for time. A
few more seasons of bush swabs and
dynamite and fishing on Cheat river will
become a "reminiscences.
The people of this country tell some
wonderful fish stories Like all of that
variety, they are strictly accurate, allow
ing for the natural additions that time
will make to an oft-repeated tale. Many
years ago-but not so long but it can be
still remembered-tish were caught from
the waters of the Cheat of enormous
size. Handsome blue catfish, weighing
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
TWO INVENTIONS.
The Youngsters Will Like to Read Both
of These Paragraphs.

The bayonet is said to have derived its
name from the fact that it was first made at
Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the
proverb Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton" A Basque regiment was hard pressed
by the enemy on a mountain ridge near
Bayonne. One of the soldiers suggested
that, as their ammunition was exhausted,
they should fix their long knives into the
barrels of their muskets. The suggestion
was acted upon. The first bayonet charge
was made, and the victory of the Basques led
to the manufacture of the weapon at Ba-
yonne and its adoption into the armies of
Europe.
Argand, a poor Swiss, invented a lamp
with wick fitted inJo hollow cylinder, up
which current of air was allowed to pass,
thus giving supply of oxygen TO the interior
as well as to the exterior of the circular
frame. At first Argand used the lamp with
out glass chimney. One day he was busy
in his work-room, and sitting before the
burning lamp. His little brother was anus
ing himself by placing bottomless oil flask
over different articles. Suddenly he placed
it upon the flame of the lamp, which in
stantly shot up the long circular neck of the
flask with increased brilliancy. 1t did more;
for it flashed into Argand's mind the idea
of the lamp chimney. by which his inven-
ton was Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
ASKING THE ECHO.
A Cute Way of Utilizing well-known Sci
entific Principles.

entific Principles.
The ignorant and practical man is some
times inclined to scott at the apparently pur-
poseiess grubbing of the scientist, but should
he find himself in a tight place, he might
discover that the studious theorist could
easily extricate him from it, A scientific
man, while out in boat, one night on a
river in Florida, was caught in fog so dense
that it was impossible to see twenty feet
ahead.
The boatmen stopped rowing, saying that
they must wait for daylight, or, at least,
until the fog should clear away, as they did
not know in what direction to steer Their
passenger then showed them what benefit
could be reaped in an emergency from a
knowledge of certain natural laws. He says ::
81 at once stood up in the boat and
shouted. Soon an echo came back. Point
ing in the direction from which it proceeded,
l said, There is the nearest land Rowing
half mile in the specified direction, we
soon reached the shore.
THE boatmen expressed great surprise
that, although they had been on the river all
their lives, so simple a plan for finding their
way in fog had never occurred to them.
The fact upon which | acted was this: Air
saturated with moisture during a fog is a
much better conductor of sound than when
dry. Two results follow: Sound travels
faster, and hence the echo returns more
nnctly.n
Remembering these facts, person can,
with little practice, soon determine the APP
proximate distance of the nearest land or
woods.
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and begins to run off rapidly it is time
to call halt. A slight jerk is sufficient
The line feels as if there was small pro-
peller on the end of it, and the fisherman
knows the capacity of Cheat-river
bass for resistance. 1t fights until
it is lifted from the water. Put it
on the string and drop it in the
water, and it will continue to make occa-
sional struggles as long as it has any
strength left. A little experience will
show the difference between the bite of
bass and that of salmon. The former
will fight to the last A salmon makes a
desperate muss for short time and then
gives in to the inevitable. When good
and fast tight line must be kept on
both, for they know how to wriggle off
slack one.
If the fish is extra large and pulls I'M
usually hard, the better plan is to make
for the shore and land it. Standing
in the water trying to get big fish
off the hook is something that even
an old fisherman on the river will sell
dom risk. He is apt to miss his
footing and get ducking, or worse still
to lose his fish
A minnow cannot survive the attack
of bass or salmon, and even if
the fish should get away, a fresh
bait is necessary for the next cast
The swift-running ripples or the eddies
just below are generally the best places
for wading, but the deep pools for boating
are well stocked with fish. They are
mostly of the larger kind, however,
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and will not often be taken in by
such trifle as a minnow. Either they
are wiser than their kind or they are
content to prey on the smaller fish
The Cheat-river fish change their
diet often. When they are biting freely
they will prefer minnows again they will
pass by minnow and grab at a crawfish;
sometimes they like cricket or grasshop-
per; and the time comes when they will
have none of these, but can only be
tempted by bright troll with gaudy
feathers. Trolling is not a profitable
amusement. Pulling boat down stream
is easy enough, but going up is where the
trouble begins. An elderly English sports
man, who came to Rowlesburg some years
ago, regularly once year, had habit of
opening the first fish he caught to see
what it had been feeding on and get a
clue as to the kind of bait he should use
Rumor has it that on one occasion he
opened his first fish and found a collar
button inside. Not having large supply
of these useful articles on hand, he stuck
to minnows.
The thing most necessary, next to
knowing how to land a fish, is to be
able to keep the hook from getting fast.
This cannot always be avoided, but a
little trouble will reduce the danger TO
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
NATIONAL HANDwRITINGs.
No One Can Get Rid of the Style Peculiar
to His Country.

1t is remarkable fact that no man can
ever get rid of the style of handwriting pc
culiar to his country. If he be English, he
always writes in English style; if French,
in French style; if German, Italian, or Span
ish, in the style peculiar to his nation. Pro-
fessor B states: 81 am acquainted with
a Frenchman who has passed all his life in
England, who speaks English like one of our
own countrymen, and writes it with ten
times the correctness of ninety-nine in a
hundred of us but yet who cannot for the
life of him initiate our mode of writing. l
know Scotch youth, who was educated en-
tirely in France, and resided eighteen years
in that country, mixing exclusively with
French people, but although he had French
writing master, and perhaps never saw any
thing but French writing in his life, he wrote
exactly in the English style; it was really
national instinct. In Paris, all the writing
masters profess to teach the English style of
writing; but with all their professions and
all their exertions they can never get their pu-
pills to adopt any but the cramped hand of the
French. Some pretend to be able to tell the
characteristics of individuals from their
handwritings. | know not how this may
be- but certainly the nation to which an in
dividual belongs can be instantly determine d
by his handwriting. The difference between
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19

nursing, or an appropriate operation per
formed at the proper time, has snatched
diphtheritic patients from the very verge
of the grave. AS no case is 80 mild as
not to be dangerous, so none is so grave
as to be hopeless until death has claimed
the victim.
In diphtheria of the windpipe, or diph-
theritic Group, much faith cannot be
placed in medicine. Sometimes an
emetic will enable the patient to dislodge
the membrane during the act of vomit-
ing, but too often the vital force sue
cumbs before the air passages can be
freed from the foreign material. In these
cases the art of the surgeon can often
save life, or at all events allow the pa
tient to die an easy death. The opera
ton of tracheatomy, or opening the
windpipe, has saved about one in five
persons in whom it has been performed
An operation recently introduced, and
which has been much practiced in this
country, can show even larger proper
tions of recoveries. In this operation,
known as "intubation," the windpipe is
not cut into, small tube being intro
duced into the larynx through the
mouth. 1t is easily performed, shows a
good percentage of recoveries, and offers
an additional and effective weapon to
the physician in his contest with this
fatal scourge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
THE BLIND MATCHMAKER,
How the Sightless Mechanic Made Great
Success of His Trade.

How the Sightless Mechanic Made a Great
Success of His Trade.
The London Standard having recently
made a reference to the case of the late Mr.
William Rippin, known as the blind watch
maker of Holbeach, has received the follow
ing note from Annie Rippin, daughter of the
diseased: My father, who was an excellent
workman, commenced business at Holbeach,
but three or four years afterward caught
severe cold in his eyes, which resulted in
amaurosis, and although under treatment of
the leading oculists of the day, he became
totally and hopelessly blind at twenty-eight
years of age Instead of being crushed by
this misfortune, he by great and untiring
energy and perseverance, became one of the
cleverest of blind men. His ability to clean
and repair clocks, watches, musical instru
ments and every article connected with the
business was truly marvellous, being able to
work as well as before. He could do any re-
pairs required, even turning in verges, &c. The
only aid required in taking to pieces and
putting together watch was in unpinning
and pinnlng the handspring, which was i'm
possible for blind man to do, which was
done by my mother, whom he had taught to
work at the business after his loss of sight.
We generally had 100 watches in the shop
for repairs, some of them being brought
from distance of 100 and 200 miles. Every
watch he knew by the touch, and every Gus
toner by his voice. Having been tirst-class
cricketer, after his loss of sight he playedtwo
single wicket matches, both of which he
won. He could play cards, domiDoes, baga-
telle-was musician and leader of the Hol-
beach Brass Band. His early death, the
18th of October, 1S57-iust thirty years to-
day-was partly attributable to the severe
tire atment he had received for his eyes. My
mother and myself carried OH the business
at Holbeach until five years ago.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19

At frequent dates of each month the
Burlington Route, G. B. & Q. r. r., runs
excursions to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego, at greatly reduced rates
of fare. By the burlington" one can
have choice of routes to California, as
its lines from Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis extend to Denver, Council Bluffs,
Omaha, St. Joseph, Atchison and Kan
sas City. Should one desire to make the
return trip via Portland, Ore, they can
continue their journey South or East
from st. Paul or Minneapolis, over the
Burlington Route, to Chicago, Peoria OF
St. Louis. For California excursion
dates, rates, tickets or further informa-
ton, apply to ticket agents of the G. b.
& @. or connecting railroads, or address
Paul Morton, Gen1 Pass. and Ticket
Agent, Chicago. I !.
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Give them the slightest chance and
they will dart under or through some
opening in the brush. Failing in this,
they will leap many feet into the air and
try to clear the barrier between the
frying pan and freedom. 1t is seldom
necessary to make more than one drag.
These expeditions, as rule, come from
points remote from the river. They
swoop down in the night, make their
swab, and then, like the Arab, fold their
tents and silently steal away, carrying
with them enough fish to gladden. the
heart OF true sportsman for year.
The swabbers are masters of the situation
wherever they camp. An old farmer
and timber cutter about fifteen miles
up the river went out one morning
recently to find a large party on
the shore near his house. They had rid
den many miles across the mountains.
They turned their horses into the farm
er's corn-patch, and when they left there
were not roasting-ears enough for
small family dinner These excursions,
it is hinted have been winked at by the
authorities for long time, but recently
offended justice has stiffened up her
backbone and the grand jury has taken
the matter in hand. The effect of the
swabbing is not only to deplete the river
of large fish, but to kill or brighten away
the smaller ones.
But more deadly than even the deadly
swab is the dynamite cartridge. Guam
titles of this destructive material found
way into these parts through the agency
of the quarries and the railroad con-
tractors. Some one, doubtless "insti-
gated by the devil and contrary to the
peace and good order of the Common
wealth." conceived the idea of seeing
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

"Dd you tell the crowd l was a liar?'
asked a Dakota tough, as he approached
man on the street corner, his fists in an atti-
tude for business.
'Are your interrogatories for the purpose
of retaliation or information ?" asked the
other.
Don't want no back talk, now. Cross
eyed Jim says you called me a liar while
ago. an l wanter know if yer did, kase if yer
did perpose to make it mighty interestin'
for yer"
80, comprehend. You merely seek the
knowledge to add to your meagre stock of
information. / think your friend James
with the oblique optics must have miscon-
strued my remarks. merely expatiated to
some extend on your proclivity for ornate
prevariCation.'
80, that's all, is it. Thought you couldn't
have called me liar, stranger. What yer
take to drink"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19

the minimum The idea is to keep the
bait from resting too long in one place.
A minnow, left to its own devices, will
make for under a rock. Once there,
pulling and jerking the line will result
oftener in leaving the hook behind or
killing the bait than it will in freeing
the hook with the bait alive. Some
times the water is sufficiently shallow to
permit of wading out to where the
trouble is. To do this one must pick
his way very carefully. He is apt to
leave submerged rock where the water
is three feet deep and step into very
deep hole.
The fisherman who can brave all
these disadvantages and make a good
catch is entitled to long nights rest at
the farm house where he has lefthis extra
luggage. There he can exchange his wet
clothes for dry ones and eat hearty
meal. Then, over a pipe, he and the
farmer can discuss politics, crops and
timber for while. Lastly, he goes to
bed, and if not too tired to dream, his
slumbers will be visited by panoramas of
enormous fish in countless numbers.
Two precautions only are necessary to
get along with the host and the bed:
Never disagree with the farmers politics
and do not let the nightcap be sufficiently
large to change the black bass into a
wriggling green sea serpent.
The enemy of the Cheat-river fish is
the brush swab." For an accurate de-
scription of how this deadly engine is
worked it is necessary to take the word
of those natives who have seen them
The thing is so contrary to the laws of
West Virginia that strangers are not mi
tiated into its mysteries. Large quanti-
ties of brush are knitted together until
"swab" is made, long enough to reach
across the river at a point where it is
from hundred to hundred and fifty
yards wide. If both banks of the river
afford footing for horses the animals are
hitched to the ropes on both
ends of the swab If one side is
not suitable for horses, men take
that end of the line and the work be-
gins. The immense brush broom is
started down stream, carrying every
thing before it toward dam of stones
thrown across The river in shallow water
The bass and salmon, big and little, are
driven toward the dam, where they are
killed or captured. The scene is an excit-
ing one The gameness of the fish of these
waters makes their capture by the ordi-
mary methods no easy matter. Nor are
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-19
HIS SHOPPING.
The Manner in Which Young Man
Chooses His Neckwear.

The Manner in Which Young Man
Chooses His Neckwear.
Men are so fond of speaking satirically
about the length of time which women con-
sumo in effecting small purchases pair of
gloves or a yard of ribbon-that one would
suppose tie masculine mind quite above
such trifiing but in that case what are we
to make of incidents like the following:
A broad shouldered young man, six feet
tall, approaches the necktie counter.
Can | show you anything in neckwearW
asks the clerk.
well, yes; have you anything new p re-
plies the young man, running his eye over
the silk and satin contents of the showcases.
SHOW me the latest thing you have"
The --latest things are spread before him.
He handles them all, looks at them in diff
ferent lights, holds them at arms length,
lays them ON the sleeve of his coat, and al
together is as ''fussy" as can well be i'm
agined.
Here is something l think will please
YOU" says the clerk.
mo; | don't like decided check"
Here is broken plaid"
ut has blue in it, and | am too dark to
wear blue"
''Stripes are very fashionable this year."
'Are they? Let me see some of the new
est styles"
'In what colors?"
well, hardly know"
"How about black and cardinal?'
81 don't just fancy decided cardinal"
Wouldn't you like scarftie2''
81 think not. 1t is so difficult to tie it
neatly. Let me see that brown and white
satin tie"
"Ah, yes; that's something new, and very
stylish"
1.-The shape is well enough, but that shade
of brown never looks well on me-"
1--WE have the same thing in black and
white"
mo; have no suit to match black and
white. On the whole, think Pll wait till
your spring styles are in. | can probably
suit myself better then. '-E,1chanqe.
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permanently, and she has had no return Of
it." Another case is that of Mr.. r. B. Kyle,
Tower Hill, Appomattox county, Va, who
writes, November, 1885, WAS afflicted for
several years with rheumatism and grew
worse all the time. Eminent physicians
gave no relief; had spasms, and was not ex-
pected to live; was rubbed all over with st.
Jacobs Oil. The first application relieved,
the second removed the pain, continued use
cured me; no relapse in five years, and do as
much work as ever" These are proofs of the
perfection of the remedy, and taken in con-
nection with the miracles performed in other
cases. it has no equal.